• hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
    ·
    2 months ago

    While the Russia-Ukraine war made things worse for Germans, far right has been on the ascend for a while and things weren't even that bad in Germany! Like lots of issues with the German center-right, but they were doing a good job of extracting wealth from the rest of the EU.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      ·
      2 months ago

      The previous nazi surge rode on post WW1 anguish, grief, and poverty. What the fuck is the excuse now?

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
        ·
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        Anxiety and rage about incipient climate collapse probably, coupled with the universal alienation that they especially have no vocabulary to grapple with

        • BobDole [none/use name]
          ·
          2 months ago

          If only there had been some German philosopher they could read to inform them about capitalist alienation. Ah well

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
          ·
          2 months ago

          Anxiety and rage about incipient climate collapse probably

          I can believe that, particularly the redirected rage where they'd rather punch down on climate refugees than punch up toward the planet burners themselves.

      • gueybana [any]
        ·
        2 months ago

        Last time they took it out on mostly white minorities. The excuses don’t even have to be air tight